Lemon Yellow Cichlid as food.

Hi everyone I have a pond which will be housing a TSN, RTC, 2 florida gars, TSNxRTC, silver aro, 2 oscars and clown knife fish. And I wanted to set up a community of lemon yellow Cichlid as a base diet for my fish (I chose them because they're easy to get and they grow to decent size) my monster fish are still babys with the biggest being at 8 inches. I was thinking of buying about 50 cichlids so they can have enough time to establish, grow and reproduce. Is there enough time for them to reproduce? Is it enough to start with 50 fish? What do you think? Any comments or suggestions are very well received. Thank you.

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RampageRR said:

That's a great looking pond. I'm not exactly sure which specific cichlid you're talking about as a "lemon yellow" though, are you talking about the yellow lab African cichlid or something else? If the African, I believe they're mouth brooders and wouldn't really yield as much fry as other cichlids, especially CA cichlids.

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I think they're also called electric yellow Cichlid (Labidochromis caeruleus is more accurate) yes they are mouth brooders.. what other fish would you recommend?

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raj914 said:

Great looking pond you have there Can I ask you why would you want to feed your monster fishes cichlids?

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I thought of them because they're cheap, pretty although they will be food, and I read they we're fairly easy to breed.. what other fish would you recommend? The things is that my pond is not in mi house, it's a 40 min drive and I stop by about 3 - 4 times a week so I want some fish to be available for them to eat the days I can't stop by.

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RampageRR said:

Nothing wrong with the idea, just note that they'll produce something like 10-15 or so fry per pair. Something like a convict can produce something like 100-150 per batch. Convicts might not be the best idea, just an example.

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It's ok I'm really open to suggestions, I thought of them because they added some color to the pond. Why do you think convicts are not the best idea? Can't really remember seeing convicts in any LFS, I will search them. Are they fairly cheap?

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